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A river of central to northern New South Wales, Australia, a tributary to the Darling.
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A local government area in New South Wales, Australia; in full, Bogan Shire.
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A locality in the Warren council area, northern New South Wales, Australia.
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A surname from Irish.
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noun
An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, slang
Qualifier: derogatory stereotype
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Synonyms: adlay, bam, Barry boy, bazza, benny, bogan, bopper, brush, charva, charver, chav, dobber, dresser, dumbo, eshay, gazza, gippo, herbert, hood rat, kev, knacker, mev, ned, nob, ocker, pikey, pleb, poor white trash, prole, puffy, radgie, redneck, roadman, rudeboy, rudie, scally, scanger, schemie, scobe, scoundrel, scratter, scrote, scrub, scrubber, scuffer, scumbag, scunner, scutter, sham, skanger, skeet, smackhead, smick, snoopy, spide, steek, stig, sweeper, thug, thugette, townie, trailer trash, trev, vic, Westie, white trash, wigger, yarco, yob, yobbo
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An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts.
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Usage: New-Zealand, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
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noun
A petrolhead.
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Usage: New-Zealand, derogatory, slang
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noun
Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.
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Usage: Canada, Maine
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noun
An indigenous person.
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Usage: Canada, North, Ontario, Western, derogatory, offensive, slang
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verb
To act like a bogan.
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Usage: derogatory, rare
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History
Uncertain. Possibly from an Australian Aboriginal language.
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Bogáin (“descendant of Bogán”), a personal name from a diminutive form of bog (“soft, tender”).
Unknown. First appeared in Australia in the 1980s. Possibly in reference to supposedly unsophisticated people from remote outback places such as the Bogan River or Bogan Gate (cf. dubbo from Dubbo).
Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction of pokelogan influenced by bog (or bogue), or a blend of logan (from pokelogan) + bog.
Across languages
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